Few people pray that their job will become obsolete. I do. As legal director for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, which partners with the Crime Victims Council of Lehigh Valley and the 49 other rape crisis centers in Pennsylvania, I see many harrowing cases. Cases involving children are often extremely emotional. We see it all. The devastation to the child, both physical and psychological. The feelings of helplessness, self-blame and fury. And the sense of betrayal when the child was hurt by someone she or he should have been able to trust. The last is all too common. People who sexually violate children often seek out positions that grant them access to and power over...

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